Lakenheath man had more than 200 indecent child images

A 39-year-old man from Lakenheath who had more than 200 indecent images of children has been given a 10 month jail sentence, suspended for two years.

Jacob Yarrow, of Briscoe Way, pleaded guilty at Ipswich Crown Court to three counts of making indecent images, four of possessing a prohibited weapon and one of possessing class B cannabis.

A police search of his home in January 2017 revealed a number of electronic devices including laptops, tablets and hard drives, more than 500g of skunk cannabis (Class B), 47g of herbal cannabis (Class B) and four incapacitate sprays.

A police drugs expert valued the cannabis seized at between £3,500 and £4,170.

Yarrow was also given a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years, a rehabilitation requirement over 20 days and was ordered to pay £260 in costs.

PC Bob Williams, from safeguarding and investigations, said: “On what is Safer Internet Day we hope that this case sends a clear message out to such offenders that the internet is not an anonymous space for accessing indecent images. Such activity does leave a digital footprint and we will find it.”